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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Day 10: Homework helper

So today, my dad took my sister, our neighbors, and myself to mcdonald's 'mcteacher day' (apparently the elementary school teachers worked for 2 hours and part of the proceeds came back to the school - which totally goes against the schools ever so encouraging words to eat healthy).  Afterwards, he let our neighbors come over for a little while - the younger one to play with my sister and the older one to of course, do homework with me.

Little miss Avery is 13 years old.  I have known her her entire lifetime, for we spent practically every day together from their on out.  Back in December, she was at a sleepover birthday party with my sister when she fainted that morning and had a seizure.  (Without a doubt one of the scariest moments of my life was when I received a text from Alivia one sunday morning telling me what had happened).  With plenty of testing, they found a tumor in her brain.  I still thank the Lord to this day that the surgery was successful and she was able to return home. 

(I started noticing that I give very long, detailed intro's before explaining my gift. I do apologize!)

Anyhow, because of this catastrophe, she had missed weeks and weeks of school.  It is now May 10, and she is STILL making up work.  My gift today was to help her with her homework. 

What are her views on it?
"Wow, when they operated on my brain they messed with the wrong part.  I need my reading and math knowledge, couldn't they have made me lack something else??"



Truly an inspiration.




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